An essay on criticism. With notes by mr. WarburtonH. Linton, 1749 - 89 páginas |
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... excellent author's obfervation excuse our poet ; who , writing in the formal way of a difcourfe , was obliged to obferve the method of fuch compofitions ; while Horace in an eafy epiftle needed no apology for want of it . For ' tis the ...
... excellent author's obfervation excuse our poet ; who , writing in the formal way of a difcourfe , was obliged to obferve the method of fuch compofitions ; while Horace in an eafy epiftle needed no apology for want of it . For ' tis the ...
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... excellent precepts for right . We fhall take notice of them as they Occur . He exposes the folly of judging by parts very art- fully , not by a direct defcription of that fort of Critic , but of his oppofite , a perfect Judge , & c ...
... excellent precepts for right . We fhall take notice of them as they Occur . He exposes the folly of judging by parts very art- fully , not by a direct defcription of that fort of Critic , but of his oppofite , a perfect Judge , & c ...
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... there is but one good thing in a book ( as in that wretched perfor mance there scarce was more ) it may be pick'd out , and employ'd to an excellent purpose . Difcours'd in terms as juft , with looks as fage 40 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... there is but one good thing in a book ( as in that wretched perfor mance there scarce was more ) it may be pick'd out , and employ'd to an excellent purpose . Difcours'd in terms as juft , with looks as fage 40 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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... ; the higheft excellence of which is com- monly thought to confift in their being antique and obfolete . On which our author has therefore bestow'd } - Their praise is ftill , the Style is excellent * 46 ESSAY on CRITICISM .
... ; the higheft excellence of which is com- monly thought to confift in their being antique and obfolete . On which our author has therefore bestow'd } - Their praise is ftill , the Style is excellent * 46 ESSAY on CRITICISM .
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Alexander Pope. - Their praise is ftill , the Style is excellent : The Senfe , they humbly take upon content . Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound , Much fruit of fense beneath is rarely found . 310 Falfe Eloquence , like ...
Alexander Pope. - Their praise is ftill , the Style is excellent : The Senfe , they humbly take upon content . Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound , Much fruit of fense beneath is rarely found . 310 Falfe Eloquence , like ...
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admire againſt ancient bad Critic beauty Becauſe caufe of wrong cauſe cenfure Cicero cifed Colomies COMMENTARY confift Criticiſm defcribes divifion dulnefs eaſe Efay ev'n ev'ry expofes Expreffion facred fafe falfe fame fatire faults fecond feek feem fenfe fenſe ferves fhall fhews fhort fhould fimilitude firft firſt folly fome fometimes fools foon fpeaking fpirits frike ftill ftudy fubject fublime fuch fure genius gives grace Hermolaus Barbarus himſelf Homer Homer nods itſelf juft juſt laft laſt learn'd learning lefs Licence likewife Longinus mind modeft moft moſt Mufe muft muſt Nature ne'er neceffary neceffity NOTES numbers o'er obferves paffions partiality perfect Judge perfons Petronius pleaſe poem poet Poet's Poetry praife praiſe precept Pride Quintil Quintilian raiſed reafon rife rules ſenſe ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thro true Critic True Wit underſtanding unlearned uſe Weft whofe whole writing wrong Judgment Zoilus
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Página 33 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of. fools.
Página 20 - Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites, When to repress, and when indulge our flights: High on Parnassus' top her sons she show'd, And pointed out those arduous paths they trod; Held from afar, aloft, th' immortal prize, And urg'd the rest by equal steps to rise.
Página 81 - And bless their Critic with a Poet's fire. An ardent Judge, who zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just ; Whose own example strengthens all his laws ; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Página 15 - So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft' in those confin'd to single parts.
Página 18 - Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife.
Página 48 - ... whate'er it shines upon, It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent, as more suitable; A vile conceit in pompous words...
Página 14 - Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains...
Página 86 - And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defy'd the Romans, as of old.
Página 26 - If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Página 44 - Some to conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.